The pink figure, petite, slender and delicate appearance makes people feel pity for her.
Only one person in this Holy Grail War possesses this characteristic - Black Rider, Astolfo, one of Chiron's best comrades.
Strangely, Chiron did not show any joy when he saw his companions. Instead, he showed a rare anxiety. He shouted loudly: "Rider, be careful!"
It turned out that when Chiron saw Astolfo, a new beam of magic power cut through the sky and launched a long-range sniper attack on the latter. At this time, Astolfo was looking down intently, as if he was looking for something.
Hearing Chiron's voice, Astolfo showed a hint of joy on his face, muttering "There", and then tilted his head in confusion the next second, "Be careful, what do you mean be careful?"
Before he could react, the light that cut through the sky had already engulfed him and the Hippogriff he was riding!
Chiron watched the tragedy happen helplessly, and his eyes were wide open.
"Rider!!!"
He used his feet to run forward as fast as he could. If he could get to Astolfo in time, he might be able to save his life with his medical skills.
But Chiron also knew that it was wishful thinking. After coming into close contact with those magical energy clusters, Chiron knew very well that it was a terrifying attack that was enough to vaporize a person. If someone was hit by such an attack without any defense, there was a high possibility that he would not even have a chance to fall, and would directly turn into spirit particles and dissipate.
However, as long as there is a one percent chance, he will give a hundred percent effort.
The A+ level agility burst that was not used against Atalanta, with the bonus of double speed, hundreds of meters away were gone in a flash. During the movement, Chiron's eyes were always fixed on the sky, so that he could correct the movement route at any time and rush to the seriously injured companion as soon as possible.
However, reality once again surprised him.
Although Astolfo was hit head-on by a beam of magic energy, he did not fall, nor was he directly turned into a spirit particle, leaving no trace.
He was still sitting steadily on the back of the eagle, looking unharmed, and he even had the leisure to pat his chest, stick out his tongue, and say: "Ah, I was really scared."
It turned out that at the moment before being hit by the concentrated magic power, his "Evaporation of Reason" skill, which also possessed some "intuition", foresaw the danger in advance, and he instinctively took out a book, a book treasure whose real name he had forgotten.
The Magical All-purpose Strategy Book (tentative name) is a constantly activated Noble Phantasm. Holding this book allows Astolfo to gain A-rank anti-magic power.
The resistance to magic here is different from the servant's job skills. The servant's job skills are only aimed at the servant himself, while the resistance to magic that Astolfo obtains through the "Magic Universal Strategy Book (tentative name)" is a spherical range centered on the book. As long as you are within the range, you will be protected by magic.
Although the range was not large, it was enough to wrap the Hippogriff within and safely survive the attack of the magic beam. Of course, this was also related to the fact that the distance from the garden was too far and the power of the magic beam could not reach the extraordinary level (EX).
"You should have told me earlier if you had such a trick."
Chiron didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he saw this scene. He was much more frightened than Astolfo. At this moment, he finally understood why Shinji always liked to hit Astolfo on the head. He really couldn't help beating this guy.
Astolfo, who didn't know what Chiron was thinking, rode the Hippogriff, circled and landed, with a bright smile on his face.
"Yahoo, I finally found you, ka-"
"Bang!"
"ah!"
Due to the shock just now and the fact that he was speaking without thinking, Chiron finally put his thought into action and slapped Astolfo on the head.
"What did you call me?"
"A, Archer..." Astolfo shrank his neck and weakly uttered the correct name.
Chiron nodded with satisfaction and said, "Don't call me the wrong name next time."
"oh oh."
"Tell me, why did you come to me?"
"Oh, Assassin asked me to come here, and told you to replace him."
"It's his turn... It seems he's almost at his limit. Well, it's pretty good that he can hold out this long against Achilles."
In fact, Chiron misunderstood. With Shinji's strength, even if he couldn't beat Achilles, he could still run away. The reason why he asked Chiron to replace him was mainly because of Spartacus's mutation.
In this Red and Black Battle, Shinji's first focus was on Spartacus.
His fighting ability.
His quality of becoming more courageous as the battle goes on.
He is unstable and may go berserk at any time.
And the most important point is, when will this time bomb explode!
That's right, Spartacus is a human bomb. If he didn't know that he was born in Thrace, Shinji would think that he was an extremist of the Islamic religion, the kind with the highest number of halal crackdown points.
Of course, no matter how strong the Islamic strikes of ordinary extremists are, they can only cause small-scale casualties. However, once this gladiator, who is not Islamic but has mastered the essence of Islamic strikes, self-destructs, it is enough to raze most of the battlefield to the ground, and even the black stronghold of Mirenia will not be spared. According to previous observations and estimates, Spartacus's final self-destruction is likely to have reached the EX level, not the EX level of magic and strength attributes, but the EX level of anti-military treasures, and the pure physical destructive power is enough to rival a small nuclear bomb.
In "Fate Apocrypha", the turning point of the first battle between Red and Black was Spartacus' self-explosion.
Because of Spartacus's self-explosion, the miscellaneous soldiers on the battlefield were wiped out, the artificial humans and golems that the Thousand World Tree Clan had accumulated for many days were almost completely destroyed, and the heavily guarded city of Mirenia was also riddled with holes and in danger. The situation, which was originally relatively even, completely turned to the Red Team, resulting in the death of several Servants, and the Great Holy Grail hidden underground was taken away by the Red Team. Amakusa Shiro truly began to save humanity.
At this point, the offense and defense switched sides. The black side, which was originally defending the city, became the attacker, while the attacker became the defender, focusing on defending the courtyard in the air, which can be said to have the advantage. The reason why the red side lost in the end was entirely because of bad luck or (East) suppression (out) control (release) force (fly) away (self) hang (me). If it had been a little bit luckier, the red side would have won and human rescue would have been successful.
Shinji couldn't possibly bet his victory or defeat on the illusory luck. Even though he was lucky A, who knew whether his restraint would eventually cause him trouble because of his identity as an outsider.
Shinji couldn't just sit there and watch Black get hurt like that, because that was all Fiore's future assets - Shinji's principle in dealing with people was "If someone respects me one foot, I will respect them one foot." Fiore trusted him so much, so he had to give her enough in return.
Shinji would never allow Amakusa to launch a human rescue plan. This kind of self-righteous thing imposed on all mankind, Shinji hated it from the bottom of his heart. Instead of making such a boring wish, it would be better to use it to regain Chiron's immortality.
Spartacus' self-destruction must be prevented. If it cannot be prevented, the losses must be minimized. It would be great if this bomb could be used to counterattack the red side.
PS: I didn't feel anything when I read the novel, nor did I feel anything when I watched the animation and comics. But when I was writing it myself, I found that Spartacus was really exciting. Every time I wrote, that devilish laughter inexplicably echoed in my mind. I have decided that next year, regardless of whether this book is finished or not, I will vote for Spartacus and make him the exciting king.